KSP searches for bank robbery suspect

A man wearing a camouflage mask and armed with a handgun robbed a LaRue County bank during lunch hour Friday.

Surveillance video frame

Kentucky State Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who robbed a Bank of Buffalo branch Friday in LaRue County.

Surveillance video frame

Kentucky State Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who robbed a Bank of Buffalo branch Friday in LaRue County.

KSP Post 4 spokesman Norman Chaffins said the robbery at Bank of Buffalo on Ky. 61 was captured on video surveillance. The armed suspect can be seen entering and leaving the bank in less than a minute, exiting through a rear door, he said.

KSP in Elizabethtown received a call at 12:51 p.m. from LaRue County Dispatch about a robbery at the bank. According to police, the suspect left with “an undetermined amount of cash.”

Police described the suspect as a white man, approximately 6-foot tall and about 230 pounds. In addition to the camouflage mask, he was last seen wearing blue jeans and white tennis shoes.

The get-away vehicle was described as a maroon, four-door Chevrolet, according to police.

KSP Detective John Vaughn is leading the investigation.

Chaffins said anyone with information can call Post 4 at (270) 766-5078 or 1-800-222-5555.

Sarah Bennett can be reached at (270) 505-1750 or sbennett@thenewsenterprise.com.